Red Bull boss Christian Horner sees no reason for Ricciardo to leave
Shanghai — Red Bull hope they can convince Daniel Ricciardo to stay with them after giving the Australian a winning car in Sunday’s Chinese Grand Prix. The victory, from sixth on the starting grid, was a morale-booster for him after a frustrating start to the season and comes as he is deciding his next career move. Out of contract at the end of 2018, Ricciardo has been linked in media speculation to Ferrari and Formula One champions Mercedes. "I think Daniel’s happy in the environment. If we can give him a car like we did today, why would he want to be anywhere else?" Red Bull team boss Christian Horner asked. "He had the energy store failure in Bahrain, he had a turbo failure here yesterday, losing him important track time," said Horner. "You get to a point where you think ‘what next’? "But it’s a great confidence booster for him to get this result now in this point in the year. Everything is wide open." Mercedes, the dominant team in Formula One for the past four seasons, have yet...
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